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The Age of Religious Wars History 104 / January 18, 2013.

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1 The Age of Religious Wars History 104 / January 18, 2013

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3 Pope Gregory XIII decrees adoption of the Gregorian calendar (1582)

4 The reform enacted, October 1582

5 Acceptance of the Gregorian calendar in Europe

6 Philip II King of Spain, 1556- 1598

7 The iconoclast riot by Calvinists in Antwerp (1566)

8 The Duke of Alba and the “Spanish Road”

9 Alba’s forces root out Calvinists in the southern Netherlands

10 The “sea beggars” evade Alba and keep control of the northern Netherlands

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12 Spain’s “Invincible Armada” off the coast of England, July 1588

13 The route (and rout) of the Spanish Armada

14 Frederick V, the “Winter King” King of Bohemia, 1618-1620

15 The defenestration of Prague (1618) (= tossing emissaries of the Holy Roman Empire out the window)

16 Outside the window

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18 Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor, 1619-1637

19 The Emperor’s generals: Tilly and Wallenstein

20 Gustavus Adolphus, the “Lion of the North” King of Sweden, 1611-1632

21 Gustavus Adolphus lands in Germany (1631)

22 Velasquez, The Surrender at Breda

23 Jacques Callot, Miseries of War: The Hanging (1633)

24 Miseries of War: The Firing Squad and The Strappado

25 Plundering soldier

26 The Peace of Westphalia (1648)


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